How to Become a Twitch Partner

To unlock your full Twitch potential, you will want to work your way to the partner program. You will receive several new benefits and networking opportunities.

While the path to partner can seem long, work toward improving your channel will make it easier to grow your audience and your channel’s monetization.

Twitch Partner Requirements

In order to unlock the path to partnership, you must first become a Twitch Affiliate. In your dashboard, you should now be able to see where you are in the minimum metrics needed for partnership, which are:

Concurrent viewership of 75 viewers within the last 30 days

Stream at least 12 different times within the last month

Stream for at least 25 hours over the last month

How to Get Partnered on Twitch

While many new Twitch streamers reach Affiliate status within the first two months on the platform, it can take several months or years to become a Twitch partner. The metrics are much higher and Twitch holds their partners to a higher standard than they do their Affiliates. Here are a few things you can focus on to make things a bit better:

Focus on Smaller Goals

To keep yourself motivated, break your large Twitch goals down into smaller milestones. Trying to reach 10 or 20 concurrent followers seems far less difficult than 75. Give yourself small rewards as you reach each one and celebrate those milestones with your community. Your viewers will rally behind you and continue to propel you forward on your path to partnership.

Twitch Channel Quality

Put in the effort or increase your overall channel quality. This will include several things:

Stream Entertaining Content

Your content is what will attract new viewers and potentially build a community over time. Here are a few ways you can improve your content on Twitch:

Never stop talking on stream. Choose any of your VODs, scroll to a random place in the middle and see how long it takes for you to speak or engage with your community. Even if you have a very small community (or no viewers at all), people are unlikely to stay in your channel or try to engage with you if you seem distant and aren’t communicating.

Find ways to increase the value of your content. Try new skins, work at becoming a better gamer, or play games with your viewers. Find ways to teach new tips and techniques to your viewers

Try something new. Expanding your current content can help you find new viewers who would never search your original category.

How to Build Your Twitch Community

Actively engage in your community. Build a Discord server for your Twitch channel. Your community will be the backbone behind your Twitch partnership proposal. Keep things positive and growing. Find new ways to involve them in your channel activities to keep them hyped and returning for more.

Twitch Partnership Application

After you have met the minimum channel requirements to meet the Twitch partnership program, you can apply through the platform. You will not automatically be given partner status like you were given affiliate. Be professional and thorough in how you believe you have earned the status. Have a friend (or another streamer) proof-read your application before you submit it.

How Twitch Reviews a Partnership Application

Twitch will consider the following when deciding whether or not they will give you the partnership status on their platform:

Concurrent Viewership

While the minimum requirement is 75 concurrent viewers if the rest of your metrics aren’t as high, Twitch may not accept your application. Many partners are finally accepted when they average between 100-200 viewers.

Chat Activity

People lurking in your channel isn’t enough, especially when there are ways that people can cheat to get around the system. Twitch will look at your engagement to see how active and genuine it is.

Entertainment Value

Stream Frequency

Twitch will look at how often you stream and how long each stream is. You need to maintain the minimum number needed for partnership.

Community

Twitch will look at your community and see how active they are. If your community extends to other social media accounts and YouTube, make sure to let Twitch know.

What to Do If Your Twitch Partnership Application is Denied

If Twitch denies your request for partnership, take it in stride. If it isn’t clear why you were denied, reply and politely ask them what metrics they would like to see before giving you the status. When they reply, thank them for your time and start to work on their suggestions. When you reapply, make sure to show how you have improved in those metrics.

Twitch Affiliate vs Twitch Partner

Here is a breakdown of the benefit differences between Twitch Affiliates and Twitch Partners:

Benefit

Affiliate Status

Partner Status

Ad Monetization

Yes

Yes

Channel Subscriptions

Yes

Yes

Potential Emote Unlocks

5

60

Unlock Cheering

Yes

Yes

Custom Cheermotes

No

Yes

Payout Timeframe

60 Days

45 Days

Payout Fees

Paid by Streamer

Paid by Twitch

Game Sales

Yes

Yes

Chargeback Protection

Yes

Yes

Verified Badge

No

Yes

Transcoding

Sometimes Available

Always Available

VOD Storage

14 Days

60 Days

Customer Service

Standard

Priority

Partner Team Access

No

Yes

Can You Be Unpartnered on Twitch?

While rare, it is possible to be unpartnered on Twitch. This has happened when a streamer has crossed a line that could have resulted in a permanent ban. In the end, Twitch allowed them to stay on the platform but removed their partner status.

Conclusion

Becoming a partner shows that your channel is on the right track toward success. Your work isn’t done though, you need to continue to keep your viewers engaged and build your channel over time. Create new goals for yourself to keep motivated and pressing forward.

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